Noah's Flood would make an incredible film!

[Noogah]

Quick note to the big bang gang..... Obviously you would not be interested in seeing a film based on the story in Genesis about Noah's flood. So rather than thinking about it in terms of Christianity, just think about it as a neat fantasy film. I think that it would be a great movie. The explanation in Genesis is pretty bare boned, and leaves a lot to the reader. For example, Noah leaves for a century to warn mankind, and then comes back. It doesn't go into much detail about it. The movie could take some liberties on these parts. For example, I always imagine that Noah lived in a world with technology that surpasses our own. An amazingly advanced civilization. He lives on the outskirts of a city where most of humankind dwells. He goes in every week to sell crop to vendors. The Bible never specified the actual technology of the time, and a flood as drastic as the flood of the Bible could easily wash away all traces of it, leaving Noah and his party to start over again. I was thinking that it could be sort of an analogy of modern times. Noah goes into the city and requests of the officials that he make a city wide announcement. This is of course the warning of the flood. The officials think it's bogus, and send him away. In turn, Noah simply stands on the street shouting to people passing by. Kind of like modern street preachers. No one listens, and Noah goes ahead and builds the ark. The story could be expanded alot, so long as nothing from the Biblical texts are changed, and with a good director, writer, actors, CGI, and budget, I think it could make a REALLY spectacular film. Any thoughts?

[Invader]

Well, they did make Evan Almighty. Have you seen it?

[Noogah]

No, I haven't. That was a spoof though, not the real story.

[Invader]

Well, if they had technology the way we do (as you have suggested), it could be. I haven't seen it either, though. Noah could have had a pretty good sense of humor, in any case.

[Xei]

Dunno. It's kinda sad that God chose to drown thousands of completely innocent newborn children.

[Universal Mind]

There is a serious movie about Noah's Ark. They showed it on network television on Christmas Eve in 1978. I don't know if this is that one, but it is one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36JwoiXrOJE

[Invader]

It's kinda sad that God chose to drown thousands of completely innocent newborn children. Death becomes pretty insignificant if God's the one taking the lives back, don't you think?

[Xei]

I don't understand what that means.

[Invader]

If we consider the issue in light of way things possibly are, that there is no God, that we have only one life, and that we definitely stop existing after we live, then for one human being to take another's life is certainly terrible. It's not fair. It may make no difference to the person that dies after they're dead, but it's no decision for another to make without a universally just cause. In light of the other scenario that God exists, that we continue our existence after we die, or what have you, then for God to remove any human being from this world wouldn't be as big a deal. The only real pain that could be felt is from family and friends, but in light of a massive flood, there'd be none of those to worry about. If I wrote a sentient program, put it into a digital world, and removed it to put somewhere else, am I being unfair? Maybe, in a different way, I am, but not unfair in the way that ending it's existence indefinitely would be, as in case one. What saith thou?

[Noogah]

Well, if they had technology the way we do (as you have suggested), it could be. I haven't seen it either, though. Noah could have had a pretty good sense of humor, in any case. Of course! Who said that any Bible character was monotonous? The Bible rarely expounds much on anybody besides their relevant actions. Noah could be a really fun person. Plus, the movie could revision noah. Instead of some long bearded man that reminds me of Gandalf the grey, it could be just an ordinary person. Take the Prince of Egypt It wasn't completely accurate to the Biblical story of Moses, but it re visioned it and became an incredible success.

[CarmineEternity]

Wasn't uh... Like Bruce Almighty 2 about Noah's Flood and erryting?

[Noogah]

No, it was another spoof.

[SpecialInterests]

Quick note to the big bang gang..... So rather than thinking about it in terms of Christianity, just think about it as a neat fantasy film. I don't need to be told to think of it as a fantasy.

[Techno]

If it is ever made, the only value it would have to me is to clip the scene where the world is brutally fucked by tidal waves and rising water levels and turn that into a signature. ~

[Noogah]

The technology and knowledge that was used to make CGI possible is also the technology that invalidates your religion. No it didn't. I love when you say things like that, and it's like, what? Could you at least provide an example?

[Marvo]

Have withdrawn my posts from this topic. Why.

[YULAW]

If we consider the issue in light of way things possibly are, that there is no God, that we have only one life, and that we definitely stop existing after we live, then for one human being to take another's life is certainly terrible. It's not fair. It may make no difference to the person that dies after they're dead, but it's no decision for another to make without a universally just cause. In light of the other scenario that God exists, that we continue our existence after we die, or what have you, then for God to remove any human being from this world wouldn't be as big a deal. The only real pain that could be felt is from family and friends, but in light of a massive flood, there'd be none of those to worry about. If I wrote a sentient program, put it into a digital world, and removed it to put somewhere else, am I being unfair? Maybe, in a different way, I am, but not unfair in the way that ending it's existence indefinitely would be, as in case one. What saith thou? This... Very well put.